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Post by inger on Sept 5, 2024 21:44:38 GMT -5
RON HANSEN Most fielding chances in a double header? SS Hansen had a record 28 chances on 25-Aug1965(1) & 25-Aug1965(2). He did not make an error. His White Sox team beat the Red Sox by a score of 3-2 in both G. Hansen hit 20 HR in 1964. No SS on CHW had hit more than 12 HR since their franchise launch in 1901. It would be another 36 years before it was done again, by Jose Valentin. Ron is the only one ever to win a ROY and complete an unassisted triple play. Hansen was ROY in 1960 w/BAL. UTP took place in the bottom of the 1st on 30-Jul-1968while playing for WSA. The UTP wasn’t during his rookie season, but that title is forever… 😂 As I'm sure you remember Inger, Ron Hansen was a nice SS. Like Tony Kubek at 6'3", he was an early big man SS. He also had a little power by the standard of his day, although the chronic serious back issues took their toll. I thought he was actually quite a bit like Kubek defensively with his long strides and strong arm. He led AL shortstops in assists four times and four times got MVP votes. He had a brief spell with the Yankees in 1970 and 1971, serving as a backup to Stick Michael when the Yanks wanted a little more offense in the lineup. His OPS+ in 1970 was nearly three times that of Michael. He was a pretty decent player for many years, and I am happy to see that he is still alive at age 86. He would have been a baseball card guy for both of us and even for guys maybe ten years younger than you. One of my non-Yankee favorites. I knew nothing of his back injuries before he became a Yankee. I don’t as mystified at the time that he had lost his “pop”… |
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Post by inger on Sept 8, 2024 10:10:25 GMT -5
Does it come as a surprise to anyone that Derek Jeter is 10th on Yankee history with his 260 HR?
10. Jeter 260
9. Posada 275
8. Williams 287
7. Judge 308
6. Rodriguez 351
5. Berra 358
4. DiMaggio 361
3. Gehrig 493
2 Mantle 536
1. Ruth 659
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Post by inger on Sept 8, 2024 10:13:28 GMT -5
Jeter leads all of the top ten Yankee HR hitters with 2,595 singles.
Bernie Williams is second with 1,545. A difference of 1,050… amazing…
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 8, 2024 10:26:44 GMT -5
Does it come as a surprise to anyone that Derek Jeter is 10th on Yankee history with his 260 HR? 10. Jeter 260 9. Posada 275 8. Williams 287 7. Judge 308 6. Rodriguez 351 5. Berra 358 4. DiMaggio 361 3. Gehrig 493 2 Mantle 536 1. Ruth 659 … Kinda. But with the exception of ARod, everyone on that list had long careers playing only for the Yanks (throw out Ruth's time with Boston). O'Neill would easily be on that list had he spent his entire career with the Yanks. |
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Post by Max on Sept 8, 2024 13:09:51 GMT -5
Does it come as a surprise to anyone that Derek Jeter is 10th on Yankee history with his 260 HR? 10. Jeter 260 9. Posada 275 8. Williams 287 7. Judge 308 6. Rodriguez 351 5. Berra 358 4. DiMaggio 361 3. Gehrig 493 2 Mantle 536 1. Ruth 659 … Kinda. But with the exception of ARod, everyone on that list had long careers playing only for the Yanks (throw out Ruth's time with Boston). O'Neill would easily be on that list had he spent his entire career with the Yanks.So would Murcer and Nettles. |
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 8, 2024 21:49:43 GMT -5
Walkoff celebrations were a little different then than today.
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 9, 2024 5:03:18 GMT -5
Walkoff celebrations were a little different then than today. For its day that was practically an eruption. No song and dance for The Mick, just head down and trudge around the bases. I remember that moment very well. I was a lot more demonstrative than Mickey. He actually had made an error in the OF the inning before that which had helped St. Louis tie the game, and he said afterwards that his home run did nothing more than make up for that. Barney Schultz's "knuckleball that didn't knuckle." Thanks for posting that great clip Chi. |
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Post by desousa on Sept 9, 2024 6:47:20 GMT -5
Walkoff celebrations were a little different then than today. For its day that was practically an eruption. No song and dance for The Mick, just head down and trudge around the bases. Mantle's great moments I remember that moment very well. I was a lot more demonstrative than Mickey. He actually had made an error in the OF the inning before that which had helped St. Louis tie the game, and he said afterwards that his home run did nothing more than make up for that. Barney Schultz's "knuckleball that didn't knuckle." Thanks for posting that great clip Chi. I was listening to the game on my mother's transiter radio. When he hit the homer, I screamed my head off and scared the hell out of my mother. By 1964, Mantle's heroic moments were becoming fewer and fewer, but my world still stopped whenever he was in the batters box. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 9, 2024 8:29:22 GMT -5
For its day that was practically an eruption. No song and dance for The Mick, just head down and trudge around the bases. Mantle's great moments I remember that moment very well. I was a lot more demonstrative than Mickey. He actually had made an error in the OF the inning before that which had helped St. Louis tie the game, and he said afterwards that his home run did nothing more than make up for that. Barney Schultz's "knuckleball that didn't knuckle." Thanks for posting that great clip Chi. I was listening to the game on my mother's transiter radio. When he hit the homer, I screamed my head off and scared the hell out of my mother. By 1964, Mantle's heroic moments were becoming fewer and fewer, but my world still stopped whenever he was in the batters box. Wonderful memory Matt. You're right, it was Mick's last hurrah on a big stage, although of course he still had personal milestones ahead of him, mainly involving moving up the home run list. I believe Mays had passed him by 1968, so he would have been third behind Babe and Willie when he retired. Hard to believe he was still a few weeks shy of his 33rd birthday when he hit that HR. That game was on a Saturday afternoon, which meant we could watch the whole thing. Mick was leading off the inning. It might have been the first pitch from Schultz, who relieved Curt Simmons, who had pitched eight strong innings allowing only one run. Bouton pitched beautifully, also allowing only one run in a complete game. Yeah, I was pretty excited too, jumping around the living room with my friend John, lots of woo-hooing and arms reaching for the sky. My parents were there too watching, both baseball fans, although not Yankee fans. But they were happy for my sake and they liked Mick too. That game put the Yankees up two games to one, and the next afternoon they got up 3-0 early. Things were looking pretty good. Until they weren't. Ken Boyer grand slam, I am certain you remember. |
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Post by inger on Sept 9, 2024 10:03:10 GMT -5
"In 1964, the Philadelphia Phillies led the second-place St. Louis Cardinals by 6.5 games on September 20, only to lose 10 consecutive games and ultimately the National League pennant. The losing pitcher in three of those games was a Hall of Famer who finished the season with 19 wins, Jim Bunning…
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Post by inger on Sept 9, 2024 10:05:46 GMT -5
For its day that was practically an eruption. No song and dance for The Mick, just head down and trudge around the bases. Mantle's great moments I remember that moment very well. I was a lot more demonstrative than Mickey. He actually had made an error in the OF the inning before that which had helped St. Louis tie the game, and he said afterwards that his home run did nothing more than make up for that. Barney Schultz's "knuckleball that didn't knuckle." Thanks for posting that great clip Chi. I was listening to the game on my mother's transiter radio. When he hit the homer, I screamed my head off and scared the hell out of my mother. By 1964, Mantle's heroic moments were becoming fewer and fewer, but my world still stopped whenever he was in the batters box. I was fortunate enough to see that game. Don’t recall how… |
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Post by inger on Sept 9, 2024 10:26:20 GMT -5
I have something fun for the next few days. Pitchers with walk off homers! DIZZY DEAN Ol’ Diz was the first member of the Gas House Gang to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Dean’s smiling face appears on the cover of the15-Apr-1935 issue of Time magazine (Vol. XXV, no. 15). [They got his middle name wrong on the cover: “Herman” instead of “Hanna”] The last NL hurler to win 30 games, his record in 1934 was 30-7 & was named NL MVP. Dizzy is the only pitcher to get two hits in one World Series inning. In the 3rd inning of G 7 of the 1934 WS, Dean had hits off Elden & Elon; specifically off DET’s Auker & Hogsett, a 2B & 1B respectively. Dean’s walkoff. In the bottom of the 10th, no less… 06-Aug-1935........ vs. Emmett Nelson… www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN193508060.shtml… |
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Post by inger on Sept 9, 2024 10:43:18 GMT -5
DIZZY TROUT There is a treasure trove of tales about this Dizzy, many of questionable authenticity. Maybe some day we can get around to them. In the 1944 AL MVP vote, Trout had 10.0 1st-place votes to Hal Newhouser’s 7.0. Trout’s WAR in 1944 was 10.9. Yet it was Newhouser that won the MVP. Although they had won 7 AL pennants, 1945 was only DET’s 2nd WS win. Trout’s walkoff… 24-May-1947.......vs…. Gordon Maltzberger Again with the bottom of the 10th inning… www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET194705240.shtml… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 9, 2024 10:48:17 GMT -5
"In 1964, the Philadelphia Phillies led the second-place St. Louis Cardinals by 6.5 games on September 20, only to lose 10 consecutive games and ultimately the National League pennant. The losing pitcher in three of those games was a Hall of Famer who finished the season with 19 wins, Jim Bunning… The 64 Phillies were one of the all-time choke jobs, and much as I was a fan of their manager Gene Mauch, he deserves much of the blame. When Bunning beat the Dodgers 3-2 on September 20, it put the Phillies 6.5 games up with 12 games to go. But when they proceeded to lose their next three, Mauch panicked and began using his two aces, Bunning and Chris Short, on two-days rest. So Bunning pitched the 24th, 27th and 30th, while Short pitched the 25th and 28th. Those five losses were part of the 10-game losing streak. The Phils actually won their last two games against the Reds on October 2 and 4, with Bunning shutting them out on the last game with his normal three days of rest. Had the Cards lost their last game to the Mets, the teams would have finished in a tie for the NL pennant, which would have required a playoff which would have helped the Yankees. Even if St. Louis had won, Gibson probably wouldn't have been available for game one, which would have changed the whole Series. And if the Phillies had won, a very tired Bunning would have been really pushing his limits. He had started five games in two weeks between September 20 and October 4. At the time, living among Phillies fans, I enjoyed their misery. But in later years I felt kind of badly for the team and Mauch and Bunning, neither of whom ever made it to a World Series. I'm loving this reliving of the 64 season! No way that was 60 years ago. As distant from today as it was from 1904. I need to check my math. |
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Post by inger on Sept 9, 2024 12:19:28 GMT -5
"In 1964, the Philadelphia Phillies led the second-place St. Louis Cardinals by 6.5 games on September 20, only to lose 10 consecutive games and ultimately the National League pennant. The losing pitcher in three of those games was a Hall of Famer who finished the season with 19 wins, Jim Bunning… The 64 Phillies were one of the all-time choke jobs, and much as I was a fan of their manager Gene Mauch, he deserves much of the blame. When Bunning beat the Dodgers 3-2 on September 20, it put the Phillies 6.5 games up with 12 games to go. But when they proceeded to lose their next three, Mauch panicked and began using his two aces, Bunning and Chris Short, on two-days rest. So Bunning pitched the 24th, 27th and 30th, while Short pitched the 25th and 28th. Those five losses were part of the 10-game losing streak. The Phils actually won their last two games against the Reds on October 2 and 4, with Bunning shutting them out on the last game with his normal three days of rest. Had the Cards lost their last game to the Mets, the teams would have finished in a tie for the NL pennant, which would have required a playoff which would have helped the Yankees. Even if St. Louis had won, Gibson probably wouldn't have been available for game one, which would have changed the whole Series. And if the Phillies had won, a very tired Bunning would have been really pushing his limits. He had started five games in two weeks between September 20 and October 4. At the time, living among Phillies fans, I enjoyed their misery. But in later years I felt kind of badly for the team and Mauch and Bunning, neither of whom ever made it to a World Series. I'm loving this reliving of the 64 season! No way that was 60 years ago. As distant from today as it was from 1904. I need to check my math. There was another pitcher that lost two games in that stretch, a lesser know feller. That makes 7 of the 10 losses in a row… who WAS that other guy? Short and ?… |
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